As a european, I always marvel at the extremes to be found in the Americas especially because here in south Yorkshire,UK the most level snow I have experienced in my 77 years is 14 inches!

so your 3 feet certainly takes some licking.
although I do remember once in south Germany, Frankenwald, retiring one night and the next morning finding that my car was completely hidden under the night's snowfall.
cheers
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Eddie from Rotherham
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